"Jean-Louis Burgot has a doctorate in Physical Science and in Pharmaceutical Science. He is a member of the ""Société chimique de France"" and ""l'Académie nationale de pharmacie."" His research has centered on the synthesis and study of the physico-chemical, as well as biochemical and biopharmaceutical, properties of 1-2 -dithiole-3- thiones and derivatives and the determination of thermodynamic and kinetic constants of compounds that are pharmacologically active."